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The Ecosystem: Innovation Agenda Puts Policy Impetus Behind Closing Europe's Innovation Gap

The Ecosystem: Innovation Agenda Puts Policy Impetus Behind Closing Europe's Innovation Gap

The Commission's Innovation Agenda, adopted last week, has been welcomed in central and eastern Europe for its high-profile acknowledgement of the innovation divide within Europe, and for nailing down the EU's most urgent innovation challenges.

Who to Vaccinate First? A Peek at Decision-Making in a Pandemic

Who to Vaccinate First? A Peek at Decision-Making in a Pandemic

Faced with the challenge of advising the World Health Organization on who should be the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory group used an approach it hadn't tried before.

Give Citizen Science What It Deserves

Give Citizen Science What It Deserves

The height of the pollen season has passed, and if you lived in Barcelona you might have had an easier time managing your allergies. In fact, thanks to a citizen science initiative run by the city in collaboration with the students of two schools, residents can access information on the Planttes app and get suggestions.

Fields Medal Awarded to UNIGE Mathematician

Fields Medal Awarded to UNIGE Mathematician

Press release: Hugo Duminil-Copin, Full Professor in the Section of Mathematics at UNIGE, has been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal. The Lake Geneva region has been recognised twice: Professor Maryna Viazovska of the EPFL is also a medalist.

Public Use and Public Funding of Science

Public Use and Public Funding of Science

Studying production, funding and consumption of science, a study reveals a strong alignment between what the public consumes and what is impactful, as well as an alignment between funding and collective public use.

How to Keep Science Open - but Also Secure? G7 Nations Work on an Answer

How to Keep Science Open - but Also Secure? G7 Nations Work on an Answer

In recent years, the world's leading industrialised nations have been moving to defend their science and technology from perceived threats from China, Russia and elsewhere. Now, they're trying to counter another risk: that their security measures could harm their own science.

The Ecosystem: European Patent Office Survey Shows Strict Novelty Requirement is Undermining High-potential Inventions in Europe

The Ecosystem: European Patent Office Survey Shows Strict Novelty Requirement is Undermining High-potential Inventions in Europe

Europe may be missing out on lucrative new products, start-ups, and even potential unicorns.

The Right Mix: Making a Hybrid Conference Work for All

The Right Mix: Making a Hybrid Conference Work for All

Organizing events that can be attended in-person or online is tricky. Planning and communicating early will save headaches on the day.

Scrutinizing the Collaboration Criterion in Research: How Do Policy Ambitions Play out in Proposals and Assessments?

Scrutinizing the Collaboration Criterion in Research: How Do Policy Ambitions Play out in Proposals and Assessments?

This study aimed to reveal how researchers describe the collaboration with partners outside the university in research proposals.

Bibliometrics at Large - The Role of Metrics Beyond Academia

Bibliometrics at Large - The Role of Metrics Beyond Academia

The role of bibliometrics, such as impact factors and h-indices, in shaping research has been well documented. However, what function do these measures have beyond the institutional contexts in which, for better or worse, they were designed? 

Cern Gears Up for More Discoveries 10 Years After 'God Particle' Find

Cern Gears Up for More Discoveries 10 Years After 'God Particle' Find

With the Higgs boson already in the bag, the Large Hadron Collider begins another period of data collection

The Psychology Behind Why We Believe in Horoscopes

The Psychology Behind Why We Believe in Horoscopes

Ever wondered why so many people believe in horoscopes? Have you ever believed them yourself? Turns out, the better we understand our attraction to quack science, the better we can avoid falling victim to it.

An EPFL Mathematician is Awarded a Fields Medal

An EPFL Mathematician is Awarded a Fields Medal

Maryna Viazovska has received a Fields Medal, a prestigious honor often described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, for her work on the sphere-packing problem in 8 and 24 dimensions. Previously, the problem had been solved for only three dimensions or fewer. Another Fields Medal is awarded to University of Geneva mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin.

Climate Change: 'Sand Battery' Could Solve Green Energy's Big Problem

Climate Change: 'Sand Battery' Could Solve Green Energy's Big Problem

A storage device made from sand may overcome the biggest issue in the transition to renewable energy.

UK Grant Winners Tell of Anguish over European Research Council Ultimatum

UK Grant Winners Tell of Anguish over European Research Council Ultimatum

Academics forced to choose between staying in the UK and leaving for the EU say they were not given enough warning before having to make a crucial decision determining whether they keep life changing grants. Around 150 UK-based winners of European Research Council (ERC) grants have been put in a near impossible position because a wider rift between Brussels and London has stopped the UK from associating to Horizon Europe, the programme behind the ERC.

'We Strongly Dissent': Women Biotech Execs Pen Letter to Colleagues and Politicians in Roe V. Wade Aftermath

'We Strongly Dissent': Women Biotech Execs Pen Letter to Colleagues and Politicians in Roe V. Wade Aftermath

In the days following the US Supreme Court's rollback of federal abortion rights, more than  100 women biotech executives came together in an open letter to condemn the ruling and tell their fellow drug development leaders that they "will not stand by silently."

'Zombie Papers' Just Won't Die. Retracted Papers by Notorious Fraudster Still Cited Years Later

'Zombie Papers' Just Won't Die. Retracted Papers by Notorious Fraudster Still Cited Years Later

Authors who cited flawed work often fail to warn readers.

Pollution Severity-regulated Effects of Roof Strategies on China's Winter

Pollution Severity-regulated Effects of Roof Strategies on China's Winter

Urbanization took place rapidly over recent decades and is expected to continue in the future, producing a series of environmental issues, including heat stress.

When should U.S. research be stamped ‘top secret’? NSF asks for a new look at the issue

When should U.S. research be stamped ‘top secret’? NSF asks for a new look at the issue

For scientists, Roe’s end raises concerns about personal safety and professional choices

For scientists, Roe’s end raises concerns about personal safety and professional choices

The Supreme Court’s reversal will likely be felt most strongly in groups that are already underrepresented in science.